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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
THE LATEST IN CANES.
A brooklyn Dealers Chat About the
Woods Now I'm Use.

"The very latest thing in canes is
the hazel stick" said Fulton street
shopkeeper. sit resembles q miniature
tree. Is big at the end and has large
body. Here is one. You see that the
wood is finely grained and that the
bark is genuine. These sticks cost
seventy-fye cents and one dollar, and
are much affected by impecunious
young men who ape the New York
dudes. Canes are cut in the rough
and brought to the city in carloads.
In some mountainous districts many or
the inhabitants do nothing else but cut
and ship canewood. Ia one factory
in New York over ten thousand canes
are turned out daily. They are hewed
and turned wholly by machinery. Ex-
pert cane-makers can earn big wage" ("
"What are the principal woods now
in user"
"Florida oak, English hazel, dog
wood, thorn, lockwood, apple, mulberry,
diamond willow, orange, yucca, red, !,
gum, cedar, chestnut, hickory, pear,
lIgnumvlte and bog oak. The last
named wood comes from Ireland and
make a most handsome stick. The
natives are quite clever at Carving.
They ornament the canes with sham
rocks, harps and tIistles, while on some
castles in which the Blarney Stone is
said TO be locked up are carved. Here
is perfect bog oak. You can see that
while the carving is rough 1t is well
executed. The line lines show the
best. The work Is all done by hand,
and to carve a stick as well as this
must be the work OF many days. Bog
oak is found in the bogs of Ireland.
The older the wood the better stick it
makes. [ shouldn't wonder but that
the wood of which this stick is made
has lain in the water for a hundred
years. No, gold-headed canes are now
not considered fashionable. They are
affected by elderly men. Silver-headed
canes VIII be worn as long as the dude
continues to exist. 1 heard the other
day that fashionable young man, a
resident of Brooklyn, was poisoned by
sucking a cane, the head of which
contained brass, but probably this was
hbelous tale" said the man of canes
without blushing.
Continuing, the reporters informant
said:
Ebony and rosewood are the stock
sticks. They are appreciated because
OF their strength, and surely what can
be more handsome than hIghly-pol-
lshed ebony stick with 4 gold head
Silver-topped canes sell as high as ten
dollars, but many OF those sold by un.
scrupulous dealers contain less than two
dollars worth of silver. The same
fraui is often practiced in gold d-headed
canes, which sell from twenty dollars
up. The buckthorn stick has had its
day aud Is now but little used. The
cane Is perhaps more popular in Amer
| lea than England. In the latter coun
Try II Is considered n ucAhneSs IOT
/ man to carry a cane and they are no
] affected by the nobility. Light cane
are preferable in summer. In um
bTella heads many novelties are shown
The natural wood handle IS best,
think, for daily wear. but many prefer
gold and silver handles. Yes, there j:
profit in this business, but not so big
one as many people imagine" sait
the cane man In conclusion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03

hands to her accepted lover, then to
her father and mother, and lastly to
each of the guests. This duty per-
formed, she appears to lose all bashful.
ness, and she who but short time ba-
fore bewaIled her fate so loudly now
accepts and even glorles In the choice
she has made.
To the world she Is obliylous and
thinks OF none but her lover, upon
whom she lavishes all the love of her
young heart, showing by every endear-
ing term and caress how great Is her
worship for her hero. This change in
the girls manner is not noticed by par
entS or guests, who continue their tea
drinking and gossipping. These en-
gagemeut ceremonies are possessed OF a
weird and impressive grandeur, which
no pen can describe in their realistic
beauty. The pretty bit of hypocrisy
practiced both by mother and daugh-
ter-the one unwilling to give up her
child, the other to leave her home-is a
custom handed down from generation
to generation, and though insincere, is
full or beauty and pathos. The custo m
Is purely Slavonic and is accepted only
by merchants and peasants. The GUS
toms of the nobility are entirely differ
ent from those adopted by the middle
and lower classes. Now that the en-
gagement has been entered into we will
follow our young people through its
devious windings. They are now free
10 make their own arrangements In re-
garu TO the marriage, when and where
1t shall take place and who will be the
guests. They vssit and receive friends
and are considered almost the same as
married,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
An Actress Life.

Young woman who are attracted by
the glamor OF the stage, and allow their
vanity to convince them that the at
tentiOnS they may receive will compen-
safe for the amount of work involved,
are apt TO find that an actress life is
not the bed OF roses they had pictured.
In their efforts 10 keep up their work,
and also TO have the joyous time they
had hoped for, they must either part
with health or fail to meet honestly the
rigorous demands of their duties. y
well-Ordered ambitious life on the stage
means hard work, quite as hard As any
other line of work could be, but not too
hard for the aim of a lifetime. The
experience of Z single performance be-
fore the footlights IS delightful to an
amateur, but would it carry with it
the same degree of pleasure if repeated
seven and eight times a week? Let
amateur actors consider what IL means
to labor indefatlgably on a production
which may fail and be cast aside in Il
week, or, what IS worse (for the per-
formers) succeeds so well as to run a
thousand or more consecutive nights.
1t is in these wearisome repetitions that
the calling of an actor becomes routine
of the most irksome nature to a pro-
gressive spirit. The belief is common
that work is lightened by repeated per
formances. Never was there greater
mistake. On the contrary, they render
more needful than ever watchful atten-
tion and study to maintain that nice
balance OF performance which gained
the applause of the critical at the out
set; and 1t Will be found most necessary
to broaden his act outside the limits OF
that never-ending part, IN order that
the nnal performance does not find him
SO molGed into all its lines rs TO talnt
all further presentation.
Young women aspirants to the stage
should also consider it means to act IN
sickness as well as In health, to smile
and caper or storm and struggle wher
every nerve is throbbing with pain
Ye5 every pang must be hidden, every
ache suppressed. Audiences are uncOn
sciOusly hard task-masters. They pay
their money not TO pity, but TO ap
plaud.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03

The jealous sun had thrown aside the
shroud OF rain which night had placed
over the bloSSomIng earth. and the
hours moved professionally along, BAN
nered In green and blue and gold; the
birds IN orchestra unity and diversity
dihusing overtures and symphonies.
and from far off in the woodland came
the sweet. low cooling of the mauve-
breasted doves.
Stanwood walked the gallery with
Fanny, Renwick Nichols was in the
garden with Irene. This disposition of
individuals was after all natural. Irene
might have been heard by a stray
dove, saying softly, under her auroral
bushes:
I'm not bit sorry that Fanny got
into the quicksandl'
And Renwick Nichols who had his
hand around her waist. smiled as he
felt the quickened throbbings of her
pulse.
In the gallery, Stanwood looked into
the depths of pair of lustrous eyes,
and pressed both her hands IN his, as
he smiled and .leaned his head down
to hear Fanny say:
I'm almost glad that i sank in that
dreadful quIcksand. / thought | loved
you; now 1 know l do"
Then, like a soft, sweet echo, floated
from the woodland the mornin. sym.
phony of thousand birds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
FAMOUS SONGS.
Who Their Authors Were, And What
They Received For Them.

Foster got fifteen thousand dollars
for writing "Old Folks at Home"
Charles Dibdin netted several weeks
board for writing Poor Jack" while
his publishers made twenty-five thou
sand dollars out of II.
Robert Treat Payne wrote "Ye Sons
OF Columbia" early in 1900, under the
title OF adams and Liberty and
was paid seven hundred and fifty dol
lars for il.
America" was written by the Rev.
Samuel Francis Smith In 1892, and it
was first sung In Boston on the Fourth
OF July in that year.
Columbia, the Gem OF the Ocean, +"
was written by Thomas s'Becket, an
English actor who in 1879 was a
teacher OF music at Philadelphia.
The tune of "John Browns Body''
Is OF Methodist camp-meeting origin.
1t was adapted TO Its present use by an
organist IN Harvard Church in 1851.
Crouch, the writer OF kathleen
Mavourneen," received twenty-five
dollars for the production, and after
ward became a begging tramp, while
his publisher could have built a brown
stone front out of its sales.
'.Tbe Star-Spangled Banner was
HIllltH Dl IduClS scSOII hty "Lllt
watching ths bombardment of Fort
McHenry In 1914 The song WIS prin.
ted eight days after the battle under
the title of The Defence OF Fort Nc
Henry"
George p Morris wrote "Woodman,
Spare that Tree" because the pur-
chaser of q friends estate wantel to
cut down a tree which his grandfather
had planted. His friend paid the pur'
chaser ten dollars TO spare 1t. Morris
was so touched by the story that he
wrote the song.
John Howard Payne's Home, Sweet
Home" was written for an opera 1t
was first sung in the Covent Garden
Theatre, at London, and made u pIg
hit. One hundred thousand copies
were sold the first year, and by the end
OF the second its publishers had
cleared ten thousand dollars from 1t.
The author of Maryland, my Mary.
! land" lives at Washington. His name
| is James II. Randall, aud he is mod
est-looking, dark-camplexioned man Of
| forty. He WAS very young when ht
wrote that beautiful poem. HIS idea:
are broader now.
HAL, Columbialr was written BY
| Jos. Hopkinson in the summer of 1898
and was first called the "PresIdent'
March," 1t was always sung wheI
! Washington came into the theatre, and
| oae of the objects of its writing WAS TIE
cultivation of a patriotic spirit among
the people of the new republic,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
Fish aS Food.

Fish has always, within historical
times, been an Important article OF diet.
In some parts OF the world il is the
staple article of food. The huge she'll
heaps is Europe and America-the re-
mains OF tribal feastS III periods long
anterior to written records-show how
greatly shell-Ish entered into the diet
OF aboriginal races.
Fish is cheap. L, furnishes to most
people an agreeable change with meat,
Saited and dried, II Is in season at any
time of the year, and can be exported
to regions where fresh fish is unknown,
or rare.
Ii is held by some authorities that it
contains elements of special value as
food for the brain, nerves and bones.
But, IN the matter of diet, We need to
plan for weak stomachs. There is a
difference of digsstIbIlity in fish. Some
contain a large proportion OF oil, and
are therefore Cf more value TO such as
can digest them. Others are compar-
atively free from oil. There is much
difference also IN the muscular fibre of
fish, which IN some is short and tender.
Salt fish IS more difficult OF digestion
than fresh.
The manner OF cooking fish makes 4
difference in GigeStiOility. Fish fried
in butter is easier of digestion than fish
fr ed In ordinary fat; boiled it is still
easier, and steamed it is easier still.
1t is a common belief that fish IS &
very good dish for the sick, when con.
valescing. But writer has found
cases frequently occurring i'll his prac-
tice in which dish Of 1t had beea fol-
lowed by dangerous, .uj even fa:al re-
lapSes, and he had become accustomed
10 restrain Its use. He Afterwards.
however, concluded tb"t - soc u!'-i'
lie says:
For this hint am indebted to thl
Intelligence OF patient. l had, rs
usual. forbidden fish. and explained M
reasons. was told that fish steamed
as WAS done in that house, was ten
der, and never disagreed with the pa
tient, but was partaken of with relish
aud benefit. l got steamer for my
self, have since recommended this plan
IF cookery to my patient. and have had
satisfactory results Dieting Is the
half, and sometimes the best half, OF
medical treat ment; aud perhaps, a lit
tie to my chagrin, 1 find that this sys'
TEN of preparing fish has been es2eci-
ally recommended by various schools OF
cookery.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
Charming Toys for Boys,

One of the p.rdsdhte.t chiidrca's
plAythlngs that We i-Gvc seen FOR some
time is called "ihe youa- protector
pistol" a playthiug, moreover, which
sscau be carried il the waiStcOat
pocket" Parents will lie grat!Eed TO
learn that III this pretty toy a pellet
may "be driven clean through 4 half
inch board" at / distance OF twenty
feet. Scientific papas and mammas
may ind pleasure in calculating how
far Il pellet that would go ''clean
through half-inch board might per-
meate their own interiors. That this
valuable addition can be made to the
already rich treasures OF a school-bOy's
pocket for the low price OF "a. 81. (by
post, Is. 9l. is a matter for agreeable
reflection. The weapon, IN our opia-
ion, would be safe. PROVIDED one could
be sure that d boy would en1eaYOr to
take aim at once with II, but If he were
Il try to hit some other object We
would not guarantee that al accident
might not happen. 1t Is pleasant TO
read that several thousands" of the
young protector pistol" have already
been sold, and SO great has been its
success that its makers have been ''ln-
duced" to bring out another pistol, cost
ing Is. more. which Will lire ball
sixty feet with the greatest accuracy. s"
This beautiful instrument Is only four
inches long. and might be mistaken by
the uninitIated for a DerrIDger. 1t Is
4 comfort to think that every other boy
one meets may have one of these
weapons in his pocket. But the incest
of all playthings for children that has
come under our notice is a powerful
six-chamber revolver" which can be
obtained at certain toy shop for IS
I'd. Like the other pistols that We
have noticed, it has the advantage oi
being without any guard for the trigger
4 papa with a revolver is not in.
yariabIy very safe person, but a boy
/ of course, always is, Children whost
parents object to their using firearm:
may console themselves by buying at Z
well-known toy shop sword-cane hav
| ing "all the appearance OF an ordinar.
walking-stick, the sword being insid,
| the stick" for Is. u l. By the way, W,
wonder if there is any shop now wher
| bIrch rods are sold
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
An Expensive Luxury.

a German, now visiting in this coun.
try, writes to his home paper as follows
concerning our colleges: "ln America,
in this land of the free, it is the sad fact
that university culture is prize which
is only accessible TO the sons Of rich
men," HIS inquiries were very exact.
Among the l40 students who had
completed their studies at Yale College
this year 1SSG) L obtained answers
from 100. According to their reports
the average cost for four years
course amounted to 5000. There We're
great differences i'll individual cases
one had succeeding in getting through
at the cost of $3.50 a year; another
needed no less than s., 800 annually
1 knew German porter in the State!
whose eldest son passed a brilliant ex
animation at Princeton; but father and
son agreed that it was impossible Il
pursue his studies there on account o
the frightful coStlineS5. Study at al
American university is most eXpen
siye luxury"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
Persian Antiquities in Paris

1t has been found necessary to close
the gallery of antiquities which have
been lately brought to Paris from the
excavations among the RUNS of Susa,
the old capital OF the Persian kings.
The atmospheric influences were rap
Idly destroying the beautiful terra
Gotta objects, which had existed unin-
jured since the times of Darius and
Artaxerxes, some 2.300 years ago. The
wonderful enamel was blistering and
cracking. After some consideration
among tie experts it has been agreed
to try a remedy that has been found
efficacious in similar cases. The en-
dangered objects will be thoroughly
smeared with pure spermaceti and
then rebaked at temperature of 2OO
degrees centigrade, The sper1naceti
will penetrate into the enamel, and
fine transparent glaze will be formed
that will defy the influences OF the
weather.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03
How to Detect the Presence OF Scwc:
Gas.

"Is there any test 10y which the pres
ence of sewer gas may ba determined Z"
was asked of a health Inspector. cit
is certainly j very insidlous poison, "
he replied, land generally one has to
rely upon the sense of smell, but this,
rs a general thing, is not acute enough
TO make a certain test. The only me-
chanIcal test know of is made by sat-
urating unglazed paper with q solution
OF an ounce OF pure lead acetate in a
half pint of rain water. When 1t is
partly dry expose it where sewer gas is
expected, and il there Is gas in any
considerable quantity the fact is made
known by the dark hue that comes
over the paper. a tiny bit of pure air
coming steadily into an apartment rem
ders sewer gas comparatively harmless.
1t beats all of the sanitary plumbing that
usually makes one house SO lifted up Q
vent for the sewer of the vicinity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03

Eastern crooks of the worst type
are reported to be actively engaged in
Los Angeles and other California
towns,
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.
How it was Observed in this City.

There was very little business trans
acted in this city yesterday, owing TO its
being set apart for Thanksgiving. The
banks and large number of the bust
ness houses closed before noon. The
Legislative Assembly met at 10 O'Clock
and adjourned at noon to Friday.
AT ST. Andrews Cathedral at II
O'Clock special service was held at
which the Rev. Alex. Macintosh in
toned the service, the Rev. NJ. l..
Onslow, chaplain of H. B. NJ. S. Con-
quest, read the first lesson and the Rev.
ii. ii. Gowen the second. The choir of
ladies and gentlemen rendered Tours
Jubilate in +, and Sir Aurthur Sullivan's
anthem, go, taste aud see" in a very ac-
ceptable manner, and special hymns
were sung. The Bishop preached the
sermon from the text ''Thou visited the
earth and blessest it, Thou makest it
very plenteous."
There was large congregations at the
Central Union Church at the same hour.
The American Minister PRESIDENT, His
Excellency Geo. w. Merrill, and several
officers of the U. S. war vessels in port
were among those present. The Rev
DIR. Hyde offered up prayer, the scripture
lesson was read by Rev. S. f. Bishop,
and the pastor Rev. E. G. Beckwith D.
d. preached an appropriate sermon.
In the afternoon at two O'Clock luau
was given to the lepers at the Branch
Hospital, Kakaako, and was a very
successful affair. The poor I'M
fortunate people enjoyed the oc-
casion very much. The Royal Ha-
waiian Band was in attendance and
played numerous selections during the
afternoon.
At 80 O'Clock in the evening the band
gave Thanksgiving concert at Emma
Square, which drew outa good audience.
The selections were all OF popular ma
ture
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
Old BONES UTILIZED.
Ahe Csc to Which the Shin, Thigh and
Leg Bones of Dead Animals Are Put.

Ane Csc to Which the Shin, Thigh and
Leg Bones of Dead Animals Are Put.
New York Sum-
Them there is kittle stewed and these
here IS tank biled," said the foreman of a
bone-boiling establishment on Long island,
pointing to two piles of old bones
which had passed through the rem
dering process. Them slick bones over
there Is shinS and them yender is
bones out o. the forelegs O. cattle Here's a
lot O. shinbone knuckles, all ready for burn
In. They'll be chucked in with that pile o
ribs, skulls and miscellaneous Jints ye see in
the corner, and all made into bone black.
The burners would like to have the best
quality of bones for their use, because they
get more charcoal out O them than they
kin out O. the common bones The bone
refners, and this big heap O old
ribs and skulls and odds and
ends O. cattle and sheep skeletons
here will jist as like as not be filterin' sugar
IN a few days, and some O you fellers may
be putin some O the same sugar in yer
coffee fore a weeks over. But the best
quality of bones is shins and thighs
and fore legs, and we don't waste no shins,
nor no thighs nor no front legs on the bone
burners nor the fertilizer grinders.
"The manufacturers of knife handles,
sleeve buttons, collar buttons, bone jew
elry, parasol and umbrella handles,
Combs, tooth brushes, hair brushes,
and all sorts of things that bone
kin be used in buy all these parts O skeletons
that the country kin produce. The thigh
bones is used for tooth brush handles more
than any other, and all in this country. The
bones for buttons and knife handles mostly
goes to Europe Fancy parasol handles is
turned out O. sleeps legs, and some O. the
incest ivory fans We ever 1ISpd tO no frot-
tim some old wether or eve around the pas
ture lot. Sheep leg bones polishes up slicker
than any other bones and hain't so brittle as
the shin bone of a cow or thigh bone of a
steer.
eve collect bones all over the country. A
ton O pig iron amt worth more than q
quarter much as ton of the commonest
kind of bones is when it is ready for the
burner grinder The west almost fills
the bone market now, there's so much cattle
slaughterin' done out there. The bone
biler gifts hair oil, neatsfoot oil, and sizn'
glue out of his stock as he gifts it ready for
the market Bones that we sell to fertilizer
grinders we bile the meat off in open
kittles, cause they bring just as much as if
we put em in tight tanks and billed 'em
under pressure. We do that with the bones
for burners, cause it takes out the nitrogen
slick and clean and leaves the carbon, and
that's what makes the bOneblack
"We git pint of good neatsfoot oil out of
every full set O shins and hoofs of a cow or
steer. The liquor that's left after biin' the
thighs and shins makes a good Sizin' glue as
paper manufacturer kin git, nowadays.
We kin git enough marrow out of car load
o. bones to stock any barber shop with
bears grease for a month. The best bears
grease is made out O the marrow of old
bones"